Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueFernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
Dates18–19 October
Competitors79 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Claude Magnan
Daniel Revenu
Christian Noël
Gilles Berolatti
Jacques Dimont		  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yury Sisikin
Viktor Putyatin
German Sveshnikov
Yury Sharov
Vasyl Stankovych		  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zbigniew Skrudlik
Witold Woyda
Egon Franke
Ryszard Parulski
Adam Lisewski		  Poland
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1972 →
Fencing at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 18 to 19 October 1968. 79 fencers from 17 nations competed.[1]

Rosters[edit]

Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA CUB MEX
1  France 2 0 21 7 Q 9–3 12–4
2  Cuba 1 1 12 16 3–9 9–7
3  Mexico 0 2 11 21 4–12 7–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Pool B[edit]

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. URS GBR USA
1  Soviet Union 2 0 21 4 Q 9–0 12–4
2  Great Britain 1 1 9 16 0–9 9–7
3  United States 0 2 11 21 4–12 7–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Pool C[edit]

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ROU JPN EGY
1  Romania 2 0 21 11 Q 8.61–8.57 13–3
2  Japan 1 1 21 11 8.57–8.61 13–3
3  Egypt 0 2 6 26 3–13 3–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Pool D[edit]

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. POL HUN ARG VEN
1  Poland 3 0 30 15 Q 9–4 11–5 10–6
2  Hungary 2 1 33 12 4–9 14–2 15–1
3  Argentina 0 2 7 25 5–11 2–14
4  Venezuela 0 2 7 25 6–10 1–15
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Pool E[edit]

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRG ITA CAN IRL
1  West Germany 3 0 37 5 Q 9–1 13–3 15–1
2  Italy 2 1 31 11 1–9 15–1 15–1
3  Canada 0 2 4 28 3–13 1–15
4  Ireland 0 2 2 30 1–15 1–15
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Elimination rounds[edit]

Main bracket
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
B2  Great Britain 8 (66)
C2  Japan 8 (64)
C2  Japan 8 (64)
A1  France 8 (60)
A1  France 9
D1  Poland 7
D1  Poland 9
E1  West Germany 4
A1  France 9
B1  Soviet Union 6
A2  Cuba 2
D2  Hungary 9
D2  Hungary 4
B1  Soviet Union 9
B1  Soviet Union 8 (60)
C1  Romania 8 (63)
Bronze
C1  Romania 8 D1  Poland 9
E2  Italy 7 C1  Romania 3
Consolation
Consol. semifinals 5th/6th
      
C2  Japan 8 (60)
E1  West Germany 8 (57)
E1  West Germany 4
D2  Hungary 9
D2  Hungary 9
E2  Italy 4

Final ranking[edit]

Rank Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Poland
4  Romania
5  Hungary
6  West Germany
7  Italy
 Japan
9  Cuba
 Great Britain
11  Argentina
 Canada
 Egypt
 Mexico
 United States
16  Ireland
 Venezuela

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results - Men's team foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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